Richard miller and john george kanouse



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. R. MILLER & J. G. KANOUSE.

DOOR HANGER. No 40Z,34Z. \3, Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MILLER AND JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORSTO THE EAGLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,342, dated April30, 1889.

' Application filed December 27,1888. saw... 294,768. (NomodeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD MILLER and JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE,'OitiZens oftheUnited States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents afront elevation of-our improved door-hanger complete; Fig. 2, an endelevation of the same, the door, rail, and sup port being in section;Fig. 3, a plan view of the partsattached to the door; Fig. 4, a detailperspective view of the combined axle bar and brace; Fig.5, a front viewof one of the ra l-supports; Fig. 6, a detail sectional view showing therail-support and manner of adjustably securing the rail thereto, andFig. 7 a slightmodification of the rail-support.

The invention has relation particularly to that class of doorhangerswherein two or more brackets or hangers are bolted to the upper edge ofthe door, each of these brackets having two horizontal axle bars orrails, which rest upon the projecting ends of the axles of interposedwheels or rollers, the wheels or rollers being adapted to rest andtravel upon a stationaryrail secured to the adjacent building or other'support, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

ports may be readily placed at any points or positions along the lengthof the rail (as the exigencies of the case may require) without boringor drilling holes in the rail or otherwise weakening it, as willpresently appear.

The invention has also for its object the production of a simple andvery strong hanger or bracket to be attached to the upper edge of thedoor, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letter, A designates a portion of asliding door of any description. 7

B designates the hanger or bracket bolted to the door.

of any suitable length, and is preferably con- 'made much larger andheavier, especially for C designates the adjacent portion of a barn orother building; D, the vertical battens secured thereon, and E the railsecured to the barn or other support, 0. The rail E may be structed of abar of plain angle-iron, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, without holes ornotches of any kind. The rail is supported upon tubular spacing orsupporting blocks or castings F, these blocks being provided withnotches in their outer ends for the reception of the lower edge of therail. The rails are adjustably secured to the blocks and the blocks tothe support or barn by means of horizontal bolts (1, located immediatelybelow the lower edge of the rail, the bolts passing preferably throughthe tubular blocks and the adjacent portion of the building 0 andbattens D, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, and provided on their inner endswith suitable tightening-nuts. By thus notching the outer ends of thespacingblocks for the reception of the rail it will be observed fromFig. 6 that the head a of the bolta may be made to bear directly uponthe outer surface of the rail and the outer end of the block, thusinsuring a rigid attachment of the rail. It will also be observed thatthe rail maybe readily adjusted endwise by simply loosening the nut uponthe bolt.

In lieu of the angle-iron rail shown in Figs. 2 and 6, we may employ aplain flat bar-rail, as shown in Fig. 7; but we prefer theangleiron,inasmuch as a greater degree of strength with a lesser amountof metal may be obtained by using that form of rail. 4

In all the methods of supporting the rails heretofore used, inconnection with doorhangers, it has been necessary to drill holesthrough the rails for the passage of the securing bolts and rivets. Thismethod of attaching and supporting the rails is obviously imperfect anddefective, inasmuch as the rails will be considerably weakenedtransversely, and will consequently have to be the support of heavydoors. And then again,

distance apart along the entire length of the rail, thus weakening therail to a very serious extent. It is obvious that the drilling of theholes cannot be left for the consumer or purchaser. By our inventionthese and other serious drawbacks which attend the use of the ordinarymethod of supporting the rails are completely obviated.

Our invention permits the rail to be readily adjusted endwise, eitherway and to any extent, and it also allows the spacing-blocks to beplaced at any desirable points along the entire length of the rail,wherever the battens may occur. It is also obvious that at any timeafter the rail is secured in place, should it sag or become weakened atany point, an additional supporting-block and bolt may be readilyattached at the weak point without disturbing any of the part-s.

The hangers may be constructed in any approved manner, but in thisinstance they are each constructed as follows: Two vertical bars ofiron, 1) 1), form the main frame of the hanger, and are suitably boltedto the door near the upper edge of the same. The upper portions of thesetwo bars are curved or turned inwardly and downwardly, forming arches orhooks b b. Bolted or riveted to these bars I), one to the main port-ionsand the other to the end of the arched or bent portions, are the twohorizontal parallel axle-bars c c, the lower edges of these bars beingarranged in the same horizontal plane. The under or lower edges of theaxle bars or rails rest upon the projecting ends of the axle of thegrooved wheel or roller G, which latter travels upon the rail E andworks freely back and forth between the axle-rails as the door isoperated.

The ends of the inner bar, 0, are extended out a short distance andturned outwardly, as at c, and then downwardly, terminating in dependingportions 0, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. By thus constructing thehanger it will be very strong and durable, its strongest points beingwhere the most strain is usually brought to bear. The dependingport-ions 0" may be bent in toward each other a shortdistance and boltedto the face of the upright bars I), the same bolts that secure theselatter bars to the door being used to secure the said dependingportions, as shown in Fig. 1. Of course it is evident that the portions0 may be made longer, if desired or found necessary in hanging heavydoors. By thus bolting the portions c" upon the face of the upright barsthe latter are greatly strengthened and re-enforced.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a suit-able support, of a rail, spacing andsupporting blocks interposed between the rail and support, and headedbolts for securing the said rail to the faces of the outer ends of thesaid block, the said bolts passing below the lower edge of the rail andinto the said support, whereby the rail and spacing-blocks may beadgusted 1ndependently of each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the vertical bars I; Z), having their upper endsbent over, forming arches b b, the horizontal rails c 0, secured toupper ends of the said bars, the inner one of the said rails beingextended outwardly and downwardly and bolted to the said vertical barsI) 1), whereby the said vertical bars and their arches are effectuallybraced and strengthened.

3. The combination of a suitable support, a rail, tubular spacing-blocksinterposed between the said rail and support, these spacing blocks beingnotched at their outer ends for the reception of the lower edge of therail, and headed bolts for holding the said rails in their notches andclamping the spacing-blocks to their support, as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD MILLER. JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE.

Witnesses:

A. B. WHITMAN, CHAS. MCGILL.

